Power supplies for LHC experiments require DC-DC power converters able to work in very hostile environment. The APOLLO collaboration, funded by the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), aims to study dedicated topologies and to design, build and test demonstrators, developing the needed technology for the industrialization phase. Besides the presence of radiation and magnetic fields, thermal specifications are particularly stringent in the working environment. In order to have the wanted features in terms of reliability and availability during the experimental activity, these power electronics circuits must be cooled by specifically designed water heat sinks, and an accurate thermal design is mandatory in order to guarantee safe and reliable operation. In this paper thermal characterization is used for tuning a coupled thermo-fluid-dynamic 3D numerical model, for both the water heat sink and the whole system. Based on this model an optimized water heat sink was designed and fabricated. Thermal characterization of the power converter demonstrator in different operating conditions shows good agreement with simulation results.
Thermal modeling and characterization of power converters for LHC power supplies / P. Cova, N. Delmonte, F. Giuliani, M. Citterio, S. Latorre, A. Lanza, M. Lazzaroni - In: IMEKO TC10 : workshop on technical diagnostics : new perspectives in measurements, tools and techniques for industrial applications : proceedings : June 6-7, 2013 : Florence, ItalyFirenze : IMEKO, 2013 Jun. - ISBN 978-88-903149-8-8. - pp. 202-207 (( Intervento presentato al 12. convegno IMEKO TC10 workshop on technical diagnostics tenutosi a Firenze (Italy) nel 2013.
Thermal modeling and characterization of power converters for LHC power supplies
M. LazzaroniUltimo
2013
Abstract
Power supplies for LHC experiments require DC-DC power converters able to work in very hostile environment. The APOLLO collaboration, funded by the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), aims to study dedicated topologies and to design, build and test demonstrators, developing the needed technology for the industrialization phase. Besides the presence of radiation and magnetic fields, thermal specifications are particularly stringent in the working environment. In order to have the wanted features in terms of reliability and availability during the experimental activity, these power electronics circuits must be cooled by specifically designed water heat sinks, and an accurate thermal design is mandatory in order to guarantee safe and reliable operation. In this paper thermal characterization is used for tuning a coupled thermo-fluid-dynamic 3D numerical model, for both the water heat sink and the whole system. Based on this model an optimized water heat sink was designed and fabricated. Thermal characterization of the power converter demonstrator in different operating conditions shows good agreement with simulation results.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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